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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: For the EPA, on North Cork Creameries, how can it keep polluting year after year and still be licensed? Is the agency protecting the rivers or is it protecting the agrifood industry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: "Poor".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: It has not done it for years. Why would it do it now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: It has not implemented the infrastructure. Why would it do it now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: What difficulties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: That is a complete understatement. The company has not invested in infrastructure in years, is making millions in profit and the EPA is allowing it destroy a river. That is what is happening.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: The EPA is failing in its job to protect the environment, as Dr. Ryan said, by allowing companies of this nature to destroy rivers and kill over 40,000 fish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: I am just making the point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: I know, I am just relating the river to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: The report refers to the river as having "good" status. How could it possibly have a good status if 40,000 fish have been killed?
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Oct 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made by the National Transport Authority on rolling out a promised nationwide automatic vehicle location system for all bus operators; how the reliability of the current system is measured; measures that have been undertaken to ensure that the operator cancels a bus service through their system so it does not...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Oct 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority refused to send a representative to address the Carrigaline Municipal District to discuss ongoing bus problems across the city following an invitation from said council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52163/25]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: It has not done that for years, so why is it going to do it now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: Okay. Is it normal procedure for IFI to contact the Marine Institute if it comes across a fish kill? This is considering it does not have the infrastructure to sample and investigate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: How come it took until 14 August for its staff to come out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: Would Dr. Downes say the institute does not have enough resources?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: I would say we do not have enough resources because we are being told the chemical irritant was washed away within 72 hours and it took three days for the team of investigators to come out and take a sample.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: I want to continue on from what Deputy Whitmore said. The EPA indicated that it is giving full consideration to all enforcement options available to it in respect of the non-compliance detected. Will Dr. Ryan explain that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Eoghan Kenny: Is the EPA considering suspension of North Cork Creameries' licence?